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title: "Accessibility Checker Rule Help: RPT_Embed_HasAlt"
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import "../../../styles/ToolHelp.scss"
import { CodeSnippet, Tag } from "carbon-components-react";

<div className="toolHelp">
<Row>
<Column colLg={16} colMd={8} colSm={4} className="toolHead">

### Verify that the `<embed>` element has alternative content

<div id="locLevel"></div>

Provide alternative content for `<embed>` elements

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</Row>
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<Column colLg={11} colMd={5} colSm={4} className="toolMain">

### Why is this important?

This is important for users of assistive technologies to provide information about the `<embed>` object if they are unable to understand or perceive the object.

<div id="locSnippet"></div>

### What to do

 * Provide a short alternative text description that represents the function of the `<embed>` element's content. Use a functional label based on the context in which the object is used, rather than a visual description. Alternative content can be provided with the `alt` attribute.

For example:

<CodeSnippet type="single" light={true}>&lt;embed src="speech.au" alt="Last week's speech"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;</CodeSnippet>

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<Column colLg={5} colMd={3} colSm={4} className="toolLeft">

### About this requirement

[IBM 1.1.1 Non-text content](https://www.ibm.com/able/requirements/requirements/#1_1_1)

### Who does this affect?

 * Blind people using a screen reader
 * People using text only, monochrome or braille displays
 * People using text-based browsers (e.g., Lynx) or audio interfaces
 * People who turn off image-loading on their web browsers

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</Row>
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export default ({ children, _frontmatter }) => (<React.Fragment>{children}</React.Fragment>)
